CVE-2012-4398

The __request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users tocause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted application.

Ubuntu-Description

Tetsuo Handa reported a flaw in the OOM (out of memory) killer of the Linuxkernel. A local unprivileged user can exploit this flaw to cause systemunstability and denial of services.

jdstrand> linux-armadaxp is maintained by OEM apw> note that patches (1) and (4) are optional but we appear to have the apw> lot where they are specified jj> SRU Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000355 moved from Bugs jj> section because of the tools complaining about it.